World war ii
'Kotsuji's Gift': The Japanese scholar who rescued Jewish refugees during World War II - review
The picture is cropped. A Japanese man standing to one side has been cut away. That man is Kotsuji, and the book is the long work of putting him back.
Jewish hero’s inclusion in French Panthéon uncorks divisions over who wears mantle of resistance
America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion
Poland strips Zelensky of country's highest honor over WW2 dispute
Unearth World War II art history through people's eye
The true artistic and historical depth of renaissance of evil.
Students from 31 countries explore their Jewish roots in ANU competition
The five first-place winners of the My Family Story competition had the opportunity to connect to their ancestors and represent various Jewish communities around the world,
Coming together again: What D-day teaches about Israel, Iran, and unity - opinion
The alliance that won World War II stands divided as Iran emerges as a modern challenge.
The Jewish Brigade fought fascism in Italy. Now its flags spark protests - opinion
The Jewish Brigade has become a screen onto which other conflicts are projected: Zionism and anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Israel and Palestine, the meaning of antifascism, and more.
For the first time in decades, Israel is imposing its will on Hamas - opinion
A weakened Hamas, expanding Israeli control, and regional backing are reshaping Gaza’s future.
Star of David band, siddur found under attic floorboards in building from Bedzin's Jewish Ghetto
“Someone had prepared a special place for [the siddur] in the attic,” the foundation explained. “Behind a separately partitioned space. Under a constructed hatch. Alone. Without other objects."
‘Copenhagen’ in Jerusalem revisits the Nazi-era meeting that shaped the nuclear age
Copenhagen in Jerusalem’s Khan Theatre probes truth, memory, and nuclear ethics through the enigmatic 1941 meeting of Bohr and Heisenberg.
Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day amid rising antisemitism
Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day under the theme “From generation to generation in the face of antisemitism,” with Holocaust survivors, leaders, and diplomats attending.
Collection of documents of Ustasha Atrocities presented at the Begin Center - opinion
Despite the fact that plaques mark the names of central death camps and murder sites in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the general public is unfamiliar with others targeted in the Holocaust
Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS collaborator's descendants
Portrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was in the collection of Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker before it was taken when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.
